We should feel proud to be an Indian!!!
Please forward this email to all known INDIANS................WHY??
Please read it to know why ?
FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD
Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of
the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dham
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz
Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of
Brunei is at 6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1
web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the
creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,
responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America,
even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were
recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD
HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of
history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by
Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in
700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world
studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built
in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of
ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable
language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as
poverty striken and underdeveloped through political
corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years
ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the
Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he
explained the concept of what is now known as the
Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999)
officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th
Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic
equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the
largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas
Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion
amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication
was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans,
cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was
well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers
over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in
Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India
in 100 BC.
Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which
no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great
grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living
men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began
the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA)
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE
ENDLESS. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in
the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not
working up to our potential or not putting our true selves in it;
and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring
country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
What's the use of our being born an Indian if we dont fully use what
we have inherited from our own Ancestors. Do remember that since
the Americans and the Europeans worked harder than us they were able
to outshine us at a time when we were at the pinnacle of our
glory. If we do put our true selves into helping our motherland, we
have all the potential, that our ancestors passed on to us, to
easily put behind America, Europe, Japan etc. Act against evils such
as Corruption, Overpopulation, Illiteracy, Unemployment and show
that you are a TRUE INDIAN
I hope you enjoyed it and will work towards the welfare of INDIA.
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
Please forward this email to all known INDIANS................
VANDE MATARAM
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